Weekly Poll Results: Best Current Action Star

Posted by on December 4th, 2008   Filed under: Polls

Last week’s poll was a pretty close one, with only a handful of votes separating #1 from #2, and a bunch of ties lower down the list. Apparently Film Junk readers believe that Matt Damon is the best current action star in showbiz right now — a fact that can only be attributed to the popularity of the Bourne franchise considering he hasn’t really done anything else with major action scenes in it. Maybe it was a little unfair to put him on the list. Jason Statham was a close second, thanks to his very focused filmography, followed by Daniel Craig (another surprise, although obviously a direct result of his Bond movies). Tony Jaa was at #4, and The Rock and Jet Li both tied for the #5 spot. I think I was most surprised to see Jackie Chan so far down the list, although I guess he hasn’t really done anything great lately. Do you agree with the results?

1. Matt Damon — 24.8%
2. Jason Statham — 24.3%
3. Daniel Craig — 17.6%
4. Tony Jaa — 8.6%
5. The Rock — 5.2%
5. Jet Li — 5.2%
7. Mark Wahlberg — 4.3%
8. Jackie Chan — 3.3%
8. Vin Diesel — 3.3%
8. Ron Perlman — 3.3%



  • Bob The Slob

    Damon is NOT an action star…he is an actor that has been in a few action movies…Statham IS an action star…he is like the new van damme or seagal…some good, alot of bad, but ACTION all around…

    Damon rocks…but he shouldnt be on this list, just like Craig, Whalberg, and perlman.

  • Bob The Slob

    also, again, I’d like to note what a SAD SAD list of action stars we have these days…steve mcqueen, charles bronson, lee marvin, clint eastwood, willis, stallone, and Ahnold could eat all these pansies for breakfast with THREE arms tied behind their back. What a sorry list.

    ok i’m done. Flame me.

  • I agree with Bob completely. If we stay true to “current” I’d have to go only with Statham and Jaa. Li and Chan have been disappointing me lately, but I guess they make the cut. Diesel and Rock are solid, though I don’t really follow them, so I don’t know about their current work.

    Everybody else… pretty boys with some fight scenes.

    (Well, Perlman.. uh… just looks cool as Hellboy.)

  • Yeah…I also agree that it’s unfair that Damon is on here. I think being an action star requires more than one action franchise.

    Also, apparently no one has seen Golden Harvest-era Jackie Chan because those people would vote for Chan until he is dead.

  • Brett

    JCVD is still making movies!